Improvement in sofa-bedsteads



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improvement in Sofa Bedsteads.

No. 324,765, Patented March19,1872.

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IMPROVEMENT `IN soFA-BEDsTEADs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,765, dated March19, 1872.

Specification describing a new and useful Improvement in Sofa-Bedsteads,invented by J osEPn SCHAEER, of the city, county, and State of New York.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved sofabedstead extended as abedstead, part being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is aside view of the same folded as a sofa, part being broken away to showthe construction. Fig. 3 is a detail view, showing the manner in whichthe first section is pivoted. Fig. 4 is a detail front view of the same,showing the second section turned back or folded,

the third section being removed.

Similar -letters of reference indicate corresponding-parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved'sofa-bedstead,which shall be so constructed that it maybe extended to serve as abedstead, and, folded up, to serve as a sofa, and when folded up shallgive no indication that it can be extended, and which shall, at the sametime, be simple in construction, strong, durable, not liable to get outof order, and conveniently extended and folded; and it consists in theconstruction' and comparts, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the upright frame or back. B is the horizontal frame, and() are thearms or side frames of the sofa, which are made of any dcsired formorstyle, as the taste of the maker or purchaser may dictate. D is arecess or box, formed inthe bottom of the sofa to renceive thebed-clothes when not required for use. The box D is made close at itsbottom, sides, and ends, and open at its top, as shown in Fig. 1. E isthe rst section of the bottom ofthe bed, and which serves also as theback of the sofa. The section E is upholstered upon one side, and to thecenters of its ends are pivoted the ends of the bars F, the other endsof which are pivoted to the lower parts of the posts of the verticalframe A. The bars F are so arranged that the section Emay be moved downinto a horizontal position to rest upon the inner parts of thehorizontal bottom. The section E may also be moved up to rest againstthe upright frame A, and thus serve as a back for the sofa, as shown inFig. 2, the arms or bars F being so arranged as not to allow saidsection to come quite into a vertical position. The section E is notturned over, but is moved up and down,as indicated in Fig. 3. Gr is thesecond section of the bed-bottom, which is pivoted at the forward partof its end edges to the inner sides of the forward parts of the arms Cby the bars H, the outer parts of which are bent at right angles, asshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, to bring the pivoting' points to about thecenter of said section Gr, so that when turned down for use as a bed thesection G may be in the same horizontal plane as the section E, as shownin Fig. 1, and when turned up in adjusting it for use as a sofa theforward part 'of the said section Gr may be supported by the pivotingbars 'H. The rearpart of the section G, when turned back, is supportedby the hingesl that connect it with the third or foot section J. Thehinges I are attached to the lower sides of the adjacent edges of thesections G J, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the said sections, whenextended, may be in the same horizontal frame, and so that when foldedfor use as a sofa the unupholstered sides f of the said sections may beadjacent to each4 other, as shown in Fig. 2. The section J is providedwith legs K, which, when the sections are extended, rest upon the floor,as shown in Fig. 1, and when the sections are vfolded rest upon thehorizontal frame B to relieve the hinges. To the forward edge of thesection J is hinged a board, L, which, when the sections E Gr J arefolded, is turned down to cover the forward edges of the sections Gr Jand frame B. The board L, when the sections are extended, is turned upto serve as a footboard for the bed, as shown in Fig.` l, in whichposition it is supported by the catch or brace bars M, the free ends ofwhich catch upon the said board, and their other ends are pivoted to theend edges of the section J, vso

section G, pivoting-bars H, hinges I, sectionV J, legs K, hinged boardL, and brace arms or bars M, with each other, substantially in themanner herein shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

JOSEPH SOHAFER.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, T. B. MosHER.

